Vocabulary
- skin up: To roll a marijuana cigarette.
- off of: From a position on something; down from.
- in half: Divided into two equal parts.
- on the brain: To be constantly thinking about someone or something; to be obsessed with someone or something.
- interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
- mobility: Ability to move
- date: To have become old-fashioned
- museum: Building to display art/science/history objects
- wash: To clean someone or something with soap and water
- lunch: Light meal eaten in the middle of the day
- nose: Part of the face used for breathing and smelling
- foot: Base of something such as a mountain or vase
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- family: Close group of people or organizations
- body: The physical structure of a person or animal.
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- come: To arrive at a place
- big: Popular
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- sock: Covering for your feet, worn under shoes
- side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
- terrible: Very bad; horrible
- sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
- dead: Not alive
- large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- call: A order or request for action
- smell: To have a particular odor
- skin: To defeat someone easily and completely
- tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
- remove: To get rid of something completely
- stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
- connective: Connecting or tending to connect
- cotton: Soft, white material used to make cloth
- attach: To be associated or connected with
- unit: One apartment in a building
- exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
- separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
- imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
- human: A person; a man, woman or child
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
- invert: To turn the order of things backwards
- weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
- enclose: To place something in a package or envelope
- infection: (Computers) Having a computer virus
- column: Regular series of articles in a newspaper/magazine
- wire: Thin, flexible thread of metal
- crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
- internal: Being or happening in the body
- tool: Device used to make things, e.g. a hammer
- entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
- preservation: Keeping something in a good, undamaged state
- skull: Structure of bones forming the face and head
- revert: To return to the original owner again
- nematode: Unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic
- skunk: Animal that emits a bad smell when frightened
- attic: Room at the top of a house just below the roof
- musty: Smelling old and damp from lack of fresh air
- skeletal: Of the bones of the body
- arsenic: Strong poison used as insecticide, etc.
- parasite: Small animal or plant living off a bigger one
- cervical: Concerning the cervix of the uterus
- cavity: Hole or empty space, especially in a tooth
- scoop: To dig out for a hole with a tool or hands
- sophisticated: Making a good sounding but misleading argument
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
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She took a brave step forward, leaving behind her comfort zone to chase her dreams.
Vocabulary
- brave
adj. Having courage
- comfort zone
phr. A familiar situation where one feels safe
Explanation
a brave step is a noun phrase, where brave is an adjective modifying the noun step, meaning "a courageous step".
forward is an adverb modifying step, meaning "ahead".
The whole phrase serves as the object, answering the "what" of took (verb) — she took a brave step forward.
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brave
US/brev/
UK/breɪv/
adj.Brave
v.t.To bravely face
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honda posted on 2015/09/13Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at a museum? Check out these fun outtakes from Hank Green's visit where you'll get a fascinating look at taxidermy and specimen preparation, picking up some advanced vocabulary along the way!
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